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Topic: Community Helpers: Part 2

Common Core Standards

RL.K.2-- With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details, RL.K.10-- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. RI.K.10-- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. RF.K.Ia-- Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. RF.K.3c-- Read common high frequency words by sight (e g, the. of. to. you. she. my. is. are. do. does). W.K.1-- Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g. My favorite book is....). SL.K.5-- Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail. L.K.Ia-- Print many upper- and lowercase letters. L.K.5b-- Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

Suggested Student Objectives
 * Listen for when to pause for punctuation in a story
 * Answer questions about a story
 * Identify words that begin with /u/
 * Learn that the letter Uu stands for /u/
 * Write the letter Uu
 * Dictate a literature response
 * Identify words with /u/
 * Read high-frequency words: do, down
 * Identify cause and effect
 * Identify antonyms

Suggested Additional Readings

Whose Hat? by Margaret Miller I stink! Kate Jim McMullan. Series: Meet my Neighbor (Paramedic, Dentist, Chef, Hair Stylist, Builder)

Resource Links

BookFlix: Chato and the Party Animals & Mi barrio/ My neighborhood BookFlix: Dot the Fire Dog & A Very Busy Firehouse BookFlix: Who Works at the Zoo BookFlix: Welcome to Our Library BookFlix: Officer Buckle and Gloria & Police Officers on the Go Commnity Helper Books Read to You! BrainPopJr: Community Helpers Postal Workers are Community Helpers! The Busy World of Richard Scarry-Play it Safe - People Who Can Help Your Neighborhood

Activities 1. Community Helper All Stars __Materials__ __Description:__
 * Scissors
 * Crayons
 * Pencil
 * Worksheet
 * Students will make community helper trading cards
 * Draw a picture of the helper and label it
 * On the back write a sentance the job

2. Community Helpers Book __Materials__ __ Description __
 * Scissors
 * Crayons
 * Pencil
 * MiniBook: [[file:community helpers book0001.pdf]]
 * Students will color and circle the correct helper asked by the question

Assessments 1. Students will be able to complete community helper book 2. Students will be able to identify community helpers and match them to their job

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